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School teacher arrested for allowing pupils to name teddy bear 'Muhammad'

news.bbc.co.uk — A British school teacher has been arrested in Sudan accused of insulting Islam's Prophet, after she allowed her pupils to name a teddy bear Muhammad. Colleagues of Gillian Gibbons, 54, from Liverpool, said she made an "innocent mistake" by letting the six and seven-year-olds choose the name.

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  • Lanefair, on 11/26/2007, -99/+5My first submit! I just thought this was funny because the kids voted on a name for the bear.
    • quadvods, on 11/26/2007, -8/+48Im sure she will be laughing after her 40 lashes... FAIL
      • OwdenBowden, on 11/26/2007, -0/+9Should have just added an Ali at the end and she would have been fine.
        • DarkSamus, on 11/26/2007, -0/+5Did anyone else used to call M. Bison : Mohammed Bison?
          • CedEx, on 11/26/2007, -0/+5No... we called him "Mike Bison", he looked like a Mike.
    • Drahkar, on 11/26/2007, -4/+11All I can think is that this is the exact reason that if you are going to someplace you should research their customs a little. Its not a huge deal between Canada, USA, Britain, Ireland, etc but when you go to places like Japan or the Middle East or Far Asia then its almost a whole different world.
      • HarryBauzonia, on 11/26/2007, -2/+22I agree, but I also believe that they should be held to the same expectations when they come here.
        • Drahkar, on 11/26/2007, -2/+5I wouldn't argue that point. But you know perfectly well it would never happen. Too many 'Political Correctness' groupies out there. I'm all for treating each other with respect, but when I can't depict something in a comic in mainstream distribution without few of a lawsuit.. That's the sad state of things at the moment.
    • azAZ09, on 11/27/2007, -1/+3Crazy Cartoon pics or it didn't happen -- oh wait stop ! ....I was just kidding...
  • evansad, on 11/26/2007, -7/+99I'm more concerned about the fate of the 20 children that voted for the name. I hope they get left alone.
    • ByteGuerilla, on 11/26/2007, -16/+21I heard they ran out of virgins in heaven.

      I don't want to go any further with this comment =/

      Please don't send the party van.
      • iamsamed, on 11/26/2007, -19/+8You know you pointed out the stupidity of patriarchal - you know, the ones that treat women as property - societies. It's not ISLAM, but unfortunately, there's plenty of assholes in the World who use ISLAM as an excuse for being an *****. Oh, the same goes for Christians, Jews, Buddhists, etc, etc..
        • Calesta, on 11/26/2007, -7/+11Actually, you're pointing out the problem of any system that promises rewards in another life for actions in this life. It mitigates the outcomes in this life, and thus people do horrid things in this life. Whether you believe there is another life or not (I personally do not), it's a mistake to disdain this life in hope of another.
          • ostracize, on 11/26/2007, -3/+11You make the false assumption that people do horrid things in this life in exchange for a reward in an afterlife. That is actually rarely the case.
      • DangerMouse9, on 11/27/2007, -0/+0Not to worry, there are plenty of them on digg.
    • TheOther1, on 11/26/2007, -1/+29February 22, 2006: Michigan Muslim leader calls for the “physical death” of those who “defile” the Prophet Mohamed.
      Unfortunately, I doubt they will be left alone.
      • CornmealMush, on 11/26/2007, -4/+1Granholm?
      • jjesusfreak01, on 11/26/2007, -0/+20Sucks for kids whose parents named them Mohammed...
      • Daggity, on 11/26/2007, -0/+5Wait a second, you forgot an M... You has defiled the name of teh Muhammed! D:
    • jjesusfreak01, on 11/26/2007, -0/+32This would be like naming a teddy bear here "John". Its a common name, and doesn't have to have any religious connotations unless you want to give them to it. This is ridiculous, and its making Muslims look like idiots, so there really ought to be a Muslim uprising crying for the release of this teacher.
      • Akaji, on 11/27/2007, -0/+3Or naming it "Jesus" in a Hispanic country.
    • ICSU, on 11/27/2007, -0/+11"The school has been closed until January for fear of reprisals."
      ...
      • mm911, on 11/27/2007, -2/+8Another proud episode for "the religion of peace."
  • reechme, on 11/26/2007, -4/+230It's not funny. It's an example of the short-tempered, selective belief of a certain sect of people. If you're brought up to hate, you'll find any reason to hate - such as cartoons, misnamed toys, and the like.
    • akuma1, on 11/26/2007, -3/+106100% correct
      Besides every muslim man you meet is named Muhammad or Ali give me a break.
      • chuckpoole, on 11/26/2007, -15/+19And most of them run Liquor stores...praise Allah...
      • spyrochaete, on 11/26/2007, -1/+72Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't Muhammed the single most common name in the human race??
        • tedhead2k, on 11/26/2007, -0/+4That's what I was thinking, but I think it's more of an issue that such a sacred name was given to a teddy bear, which isn't quite as flattering.
          • spyrochaete, on 11/26/2007, -0/+13You're correct, of course. It's a shame the gesture couldn't be perceived for what it really is - the majority of students in this class apparently love Muhammed so much that they want to be reminded of him via an avatar in their classroom. Apparently they love him the wrong way.
          • skyfire1, on 11/27/2007, -5/+3It's okay to name a dildo Muhammad or so I've heard.
        • weeeezzll, on 11/26/2007, -3/+10Maybe if said teddy bear were converted to Islam then these arresting officials could find it in their hearts to release this teacher? Oh, who am I kidding? These people have no hearts...
        • Mist0r_Wiggles, on 11/27/2007, -4/+1or McLovin
      • wibambau, on 11/27/2007, -0/+1No kidding, why don't they just rename it Mike like all those gas station clerks do, ok maybe there's a few Sam's too.
    • xxTazxx, on 11/26/2007, -9/+29Wait a minute please don't generalize like that to millions of people, I can guarantee most of muslims will say that this is just stupid, do you actually think we all agree to this? I read this on the Metro today and the first thing that came to my head was, and I quote, "WTF". Just because Bush is being a total nutcase does not mean that I believe all Christians are nutcases, and just because some athiest guy kills a bunch of people in cold blood means I will say athiests are all angry. Its just common sense mate. Its just sad that I have somehow become some sort of "short-tempered, selective" person because of what some idiots in Sudan are doing in the name of Islam.
      • weeeezzll, on 11/26/2007, -1/+10I don't see anywhere in reechme's comments where he generalized to include all Muslims. As a matter of fact he specified "sect" which indicates that he is referring to a subgroup of the religion in question.
        • weeeezzll, on 11/26/2007, -3/+4"Oh, what a give away. Did you here that, did you here that, eh? That's what I'm on about -- did you see him repressing me, you saw it didn't you?"
      • speerross, on 11/26/2007, -2/+16To say all Muslims would be a sweeping generalisation, but this is not small amount of people. Remember the riots over the Danish cartoons? Theres a hell of a lot of Muslims that get pissed off about stuff like this
    • talkingpidgin, on 11/26/2007, -19/+3riiiight. because nobody would get their panties in a knot if some class in arkansas had a teddy bear named jesus christ.
      • quentinp, on 11/26/2007, -0/+16What if it was called Jesus - in the hispanic sense...that's more what happened IMO.
      • HarryBauzonia, on 11/26/2007, -0/+19Sure they would. And I would expect that it would go no further than that.
        It certainly wouldn't go to court and it absolutely wouldn't result in 40 lashes. Civilization vs. barbarism, see.
    • gromnie, on 11/26/2007, -16/+17Well, what can you expect from the Religion of Peace?
    • SillyDigger, on 11/26/2007, -1/+13I'm sure someone would be upset but Ms. Gibbons wouldn't be placed under arrest to face "40 lashes" if something like that happened in Arkansas.
  • chestertonb, on 11/26/2007, -18/+222Honestly is there a religion more insecure in itself than Islam? I'm not a big fan of any religion but Islam seems especially mysogynistic and insecure.

    Islam should be ashamed and we should be able to shame them without fear of reprisals.
    • 01l0, on 11/26/2007, -28/+56"Honestly is there a religion more insecure in itself than Islam?"
      Three words for you, "War on Christmas"
      • theantix, on 11/26/2007, -5/+34Yeah, the jails here are full of people whose only crime was insulting the imaginary christian deity. And I still can't believe they executed that Seattle airport administrator who took down the christmas trees last year.
        • ICSU, on 11/27/2007, -4/+9When Christianity was the age of Islam, it used to be the same if not worse in Europe.
      • F0RMLESSNESS, on 11/26/2007, -6/+3ummmm... oh come on, sure the war on christmas thing is ridiculous, but they don't throw you in jail, beat, rape and or just plain kill you for it.
        HOWEVER, if you're a westener who is living in a Islamic country and you really don't know that kind of thing would get that reaction there, well congratulations you deserve what you get. Know your surroundings Dumbass!
        • counterplex, on 11/26/2007, -5/+3I was going to say something about being non-white in the south to really experience the jail, beatings, rape and/or death but I realized you don't have to be any particular ethnicity - just insult NASCAR or proclaim your love for gays and you too can have the same treatment without leaving the US :)

          Top Gear did it best - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHj25zd1K_A
        • blagoaw, on 11/27/2007, -0/+2Separation of church and state prevents religious prosecution by the state. Christians aren't necessarily or naturally any better. It is the system of government that sheds light on the necessity of tolerance, not the religion.
      • staticneuron, on 11/27/2007, -0/+1This is because people in this country are trying to keep religion and state affairs seperate. I don't want to even imagine what would happen in america if our laws were goverened by christian fundamentalist.
    • staticneuron, on 11/26/2007, -19/+27I don't know... I seem to remember a certain religious group getting irrate over works of fiction like harry potter, the davinci code and more recently, the golden compass.
      • GreyICE, on 11/26/2007, -0/+18Yeah, I've got to say there's a magnitude problem there. Burning books versus lashing people. Protests and letters to the editor versus assassins and death threats. Chrisitianity certainly has some self-image problems, especially as expressed by a lot of fundimentalists, but frankly its nowhere close to the level of Islam.
    • TsuruchiBrian, on 11/26/2007, -1/+43Scientology?
      • Theisos, on 11/26/2007, -1/+17Nope. Scientology was built to ensure it works toward the destruction of those who try to destroy it. Their attacks against those who attack is is derived from the need to preserve Scientology. It isn't even a real religion. Its sole purpose is to enhance your stupidity so your money can be stolen.
        • speerross, on 11/26/2007, -5/+3"Its sole purpose is to enhance your stupidity so your money can be stolen."
          And other religions are for...enlightenment? Give me a break...
        • Akaji, on 11/27/2007, -0/+3At least most other religions don't say "if you give us money, you'll feel better about yourself!" Many religions do ask for donations, but a very large sum of that money goes to aid work in developing and poverty-afflicted nations. Scientology, on the other hand, asks for money for the sole purpose of gaining money for the higher-ups... it's essentially the biggest pyramid scheme ever imagined.
    • spyrochaete, on 11/26/2007, -14/+28Isn't all religion equally insecure? Religion is based on dogma which crumbles under a microscope.
      • ostracize, on 11/26/2007, -12/+8That's your experience. Arrogant prick.
        • alexforcefive, on 11/26/2007, -5/+6Haha. So are you muslim, christian or scientologist? =D
          • Matri, on 11/27/2007, -4/+2I'm guessing scientologist. Notice how he instantly counterattacked you in an attempt to discredit you?
          • ostracize, on 11/27/2007, -1/+2C'mon, it really isn't that hard to distinguish between opinion and fact. Spyrochaete passes on opinion as absolute fact and that is just pathetic. He/she gives atheism a bad name.

            If you all must know, I am Christian and have found it to be far more than dogma that "crumbles under a microscope" whatever the hell that means. In my experience, it can present itself as secure and true through our words and actions.

            Believe me, I want nothing more than to respect the opinions of atheists but I find it very difficult when they group "religion" in the same bucket they think we all belong in and then assume it's true.
    • FeloniusMonkey, on 11/26/2007, -10/+11"Honestly is there a religion more insecure in itself than Islam?"
      Do U.S. citizens fault the U.S. constitution because their country is quickly deteriorating into a fascist police state?
      C'mon now... it's not the fault of the religion.. it's the fault of those who perpetuate it wrongly.
      • ICSU, on 11/27/2007, -2/+1Wrongly? Sudan follows the Islamic Sharia law!
    • Daiken, on 11/27/2007, -2/+11As a Muslim, I can tell you Muslims in general are not insecure at all. The issue we're seeing here and all around the world are a few hard liners who feel it's them against the rest of the world. A lot of this stems from pure ignorance and intolerance. Unfortunately there's no central authority, school of thought, or set of beliefs that everyone agrees to or follows. So a lot of these groups end up acting independently and it's hard for others to do anything when the actions of a few end up reflecting the majority.
    • unfilterthought, on 11/27/2007, -6/+1Its not the relegion. Its the relegious leaders.

      Islam is the only relegion that teaches its followers that the whole world is out to get them.

      The way they act sometimes, it just might come true.

      Ie: Self fullfilling prophecy
  • ByteGuerilla, on 11/26/2007, -4/+164Off their ***** rockers, the lot of them.

    This isn't idolatry. It isn't defaming the prophet muhammad. It's naming a teddy bear with a name that is common in the country/society. It's personification of the bear, that's why a ***** VOTE WAS HELD ON THE DAMN BEAR'S NAME! If the intention was idolatry, they'd be worshipping the bear, and the names up for vote would have been Muhammad, Mohammed, and Muhammed.

    It's like they have a meeting, what outrageous ***** can we do this week that will demonstrate our will to be absolutely ***** stupid in the face of world progress. 13th Century civilisations ftw?
    • pentalive, on 11/26/2007, -3/+17Isn't ever third guy there named Muhammad?

      Please address fatwas to /dev/null
    • marsbar, on 11/26/2007, -0/+18The 13th Century would be a quantum leap forward for Islam. Muhammad died in 632 AD having revealed the immutable word of Allah in the Koran. Muslims throughout the world base their lives on this 7th Century document and the prevailing 7th Century morality. While all other belief systems have moved beyond their founding mythology to varying degrees Islam is bound on following their particular brand of lunacy to the letter. It is wrong to equate Islam with other religions. The key difference is that where there might be tolerance for debate within the frameworks of the other religions which may lead gradually to rationality, in Islam this idea is explicitly heretical. I don't make these statements lightly, only after careful study, without malice and with complete intellectual honesty.
      • twisterrust, on 11/26/2007, -4/+5I agree with you for most of the first part, but just to make sure you understand, you thinking that rest of the religions have become rational is IRRATIONAL. Rest of the religions are same except that are not practiced with the same intensity as Islam.
  • griz, on 11/26/2007, -1/+248The Dark Ages called, they want their punishment back.
    • akuma1, on 11/26/2007, -16/+8LOL
    • Scira, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1I don't think back then you got "or fines" you got dipped in acid or something, And they probably took your stuff.
  • Twoodge, on 11/26/2007, -6/+149This is nothing. My little brother called his plate of meatballs and spaghetti 'FSM' and he turned up dead on the street two weeks later.
  • Frei, on 11/26/2007, -2/+93"It is seen as an insult to Islam to attempt to make an image of the Prophet Muhammad."

    So why are there so many guys named Muhammad? They need to free this teacher immediately and apologize, but then again we're taking about Sudan.
    • TheOther1, on 11/26/2007, -9/+30But Muhammad was a pedophile, not a bear.
    • Waterrat, on 11/27/2007, -0/+2 And they were not making an image,they were naming a toy!
  • grapesofbaath, on 11/26/2007, -8/+84I wonder what the 8 year old the real Muhammad married named her teddy bear.
    • EarlOfLade, on 11/26/2007, -7/+57She was 6 when they got married, 9 (it is claimed) when they consummated the marriage, i.e Mohammad was a pedophile.
    • mrkmrk, on 11/26/2007, -14/+4Source, please?
      • BoneheadFarker, on 11/26/2007, -3/+20The Quran?
        • kevlarbaboon, on 11/26/2007, -1/+15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisha
        • Anonymouz, on 11/27/2007, -2/+6Sadly you are mistaken theres nothing in the Quran about it.

          Speculation about Aisha's young age are based on Hadiths narrated by herself however there is contradictory evidence to suggest Ashia was much older based on hadiths about Aisha's sisters age and year of hijra etc that lead to many discrepancy's.
      • mrkmrk, on 11/27/2007, -1/+3Oh, well I'll be damned. Another reason to dislike religion in all of its ridiculous forms.
    • Scira, on 11/26/2007, -0/+11Pedobear
  • natedouglas, on 11/26/2007, -2/+111It's always nice to be reminded of what happens when you combine religion and government.
    • khail250, on 11/26/2007, -22/+4USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
      • DarkSamus, on 11/26/2007, -12/+4i can walk, i can walk!! o lord i can see too now, how retarded i am
      • gamebittk, on 11/26/2007, -2/+1Separation of church and state?
        • blagoaw, on 11/27/2007, -0/+1Compare the remarks of American politicians to those of Canadian or European politicians and you may find that this supposed separation exists more on paper than it does in practice. (in many countries a leadership candidate trying to score points with references to god and faith on a regular basis won't stand a chance)
    • gamebittk, on 11/26/2007, -3/+2Separation of church and state?
      • gamebittk, on 11/27/2007, -2/+1Damn.
        Accidentally replied to wrong post.
  • khail250, on 11/26/2007, -21/+15Reading the title, i thought it was going to be the US, wouldn't be surprised anymore. that's actually pretty sad it was my first thought, whats happening here?
  • whatthefu, on 11/26/2007, -2/+45I'm getting sick of this authoritarian *****.
    • insllvn, on 11/26/2007, -0/+1Yeah, Sudan is really out of control, and this tears it.
  • 01l0, on 11/26/2007, -4/+74More than 200 000 people have been killed and two million displaced since 2003. There's a lot worse going on in Sudan than some nonsense with a teddy bear.
    • Pinhedd, on 11/27/2007, -2/+2but they dont have oil, so tough luck for them
      • redmonkey, on 11/27/2007, -0/+3Sudan has a lot of oil and China protecting Sudan in UN because of it.
    • russ3, on 11/27/2007, -1/+1and the victim of this story is a white woman. We need to rise up against sudan right now to free the teacher! and once she is liberated and the country is destabilized, we shall leave.
  • b33b3s, on 11/26/2007, -3/+84*****, I guess its time to rename Allah the Bear.
    • KingGorilla, on 11/26/2007, -0/+17that actually has a pleasant ring to it
    • cawpin, on 11/26/2007, -1/+19And he can ride around in a Allah cart.

      Ta-da!
  • anteyekon4myst, on 11/26/2007, -3/+38This whole white guilt thing is getting pretty crazy.

    A few white people screw up the next thing you know, you cant say anything about blacks, jews or muslims without it being deemed racist. (coming from a coloured person, not a scared white guy)
    • infecticide, on 11/26/2007, -3/+21Like George Carlin said "Its not the words, its the intent with which they are used."
      • MikeWanDo, on 11/26/2007, -2/+7So if I, a white male, walked up to an African-American (black person, colored person, wtf is the politically correct term?) and said, "What up *****?" meaning only to greet them. Then that will be accepted because I'm saying it with the same intent as any non-white person who says it? Bull *****.
        • ZenMojo, on 11/27/2007, -0/+2Thank you. By the way, who was that douche that gave Asians and Mexicans permission to call me a ***** and expect to get away with it?
    • badjoke, on 11/26/2007, -2/+7Welcome to current America.
    • ZenMojo, on 11/27/2007, -10/+1Considering you use the term "coloured" with a 'u', I can guess that you're not black, Jewish, or Muslim.
      • Campog, on 11/27/2007, -1/+7You sir, are the reason this whole racial stereotyping thing is a problem. Who gives a flying ***** how he spells colored?
      • 42Vindictive, on 11/27/2007, -0/+5Because everyone knows there are no black people in Canada.
      • thebellmaster1x, on 11/27/2007, -0/+5Of course, because there are no black people who speak British English.
        Except for all of the black people in pretty much any English-speaking country outside of the US.
        Dumbass.
  • digitallysick, on 11/26/2007, -5/+21This is stupid, what about all the people named Muhammad, are they insulting the profit as well?
    • infecticide, on 11/26/2007, -0/+10My thoughts as well.
    • badjoke, on 11/26/2007, -1/+44Income - Expense ≠ Muhammad
    • BolognaFire, on 11/26/2007, -1/+10"Profit"? I won't argue.
    • TheOther1, on 11/26/2007, -2/+14profit. Ha! I see what you did there.
    • Theisos, on 11/26/2007, -2/+9Isn't that supposed to be spelt "prophet"?
      • moskaudancer, on 11/27/2007, -0/+1Isn't that supposed to be spelled "spelled"? Honest question, I don't know if they do it like that in any other country, since I've never been out of the US. I seem to recall Shakespeare spelling in such a manner, but I had the idea that kind of English was considered "arcane".
        • Theisos, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1"Spelt" is British, "Spelled" is American.
    • DarkSamus, on 11/26/2007, -0/+4well since he was a businessman, people are named after him so they can track how much money they're making in the name of god
  • Kitakaze, on 11/26/2007, -7/+24Primitive Screwheads.
    • zachblume, on 11/26/2007, -7/+4Yes insults get us very far here in America.
  • vx69, on 11/26/2007, -3/+14I saw this on BBC News 24 today, the Head Teacher of the school doesn't think that she'll be charged/flogged ect for anything.
  • arbouler, on 11/26/2007, -1/+18what if a thief's name is mohammad? would they do more than just chop off his hands then?
    • gcauthon, on 11/26/2007, -4/+16Assuming he's a muslim, they would turn him over to Al-Qaeda for the recruitment bonus.
  • lead2thehead, on 11/26/2007, -1/+46So what's the big deal? I'm sure half of the kids in the class were named Muhammed too. It is literally the most common name on earth.
    • g30ph, on 11/26/2007, -6/+17What's the big deal. Hmmm. Well, it's the Mid East, she's a woman, and she's a foreigner. If she was brave enough to go there and try to educate them, she's going to have to brave enough to face their barbarism. Maybe she can show them how barbaric they are while they remove the skin from her back one lash at a time.
  • hokie47, on 11/26/2007, -0/+62Who would give a ***** if the bear was named Jesus
    • gettophilosophr, on 11/26/2007, -2/+9I'd LOL. Name him "buddy Jesus" and I'd make you a ***** medal. :-D
    • DarkSamus, on 11/26/2007, -0/+6then it would be pronounced hesoos
    • MikeWanDo, on 11/26/2007, -2/+7It's funny, if a school teacher in America had a vote and the kids named the bear Jesus, then the non-Christian parents would get mad about it.
      • ICSU, on 11/27/2007, -3/+2It's the religious who care about fictional characters.
      • enri, on 11/27/2007, -2/+3As long as Jesus Bear doesn't hold sermons I could care less.
      • joshblufs, on 11/27/2007, -0/+2yeah yeah and if they pronounced it like it sounds in Spanish hey-zeus all the republican parents would try to have it deported. in any case nobody would be flogged.... electric chair maybe but definatly not flogged, how barbaric.
    • Rikm, on 11/27/2007, -1/+4But there are plenty of words that are taboo in so called enlightened western cultures that would leave a teacher in ***** if she let a class of kids use the name in a class project.

      N****r, F*g, H*mo, would be definites and an ignorant Sudani teacher in a foreign western school on a cultural exchange like this woman from Liverpool might not realize the implications and let it slip. The fact she was ignorant wouldn't stop her ass from getting fired though, just as being ignorant of the fact that while it's OK to honour Mohamed by naming your son after him, it's not OK to name an inanimate object that way shouldn't protect this teacher from facing the consequences in Sudan. When in Rome as they say, but the school should take some of the blame here for not giving the teacher adequate cultural training.

      Think back to the Digg story the other week about Santa being banned from saying "Ho, Ho, Ho" because it may offend women, or how about Nintendo having to recall Mario Party 8 in the UK because it had the word "spastic" in the translation. Just because us westerners don't get all that offended about our religions doesn't mean we don't go overboard on other stuff.
  • CheeseburgerBro, on 11/26/2007, -9/+49Mohammed sucks.
    • Pinhedd, on 11/27/2007, -3/+8I'm rather sure he was a repressed homosexual
    • Campog, on 11/27/2007, -1/+3Oh dearz! The crazy Muslims of Michigan are going to get yoouuuu!
    • skyfire1, on 11/27/2007, -3/+2A 9 year old's *****.
  • ddissent, on 11/26/2007, -10/+57Ah Durka Durka Durka ..... Muhammed Jihad

    Baklava Jihad Durka Durka
    • moskaudancer, on 11/27/2007, -0/+1Baklava is from the Balkans, not the middle east.
  • thegoudster, on 11/26/2007, -4/+22that's ridiculous. this world is so over sensitive anymore.

    muhammad is one of the most common names in the world. it means "the praised one." it's not like it's a racial slur or something.
  • KingGorilla, on 11/26/2007, -2/+11Because we know how muslims will react if they get a hear of this
    • Pinhedd, on 11/27/2007, -0/+1what are they going to do? Puff up and explode?
  • yuriko474, on 11/26/2007, -3/+12so why didn't they arrest the kids.. they did choose the name?
  • BolognaFire, on 11/26/2007, -2/+1140 lashes, really?
    • centran, on 11/26/2007, -0/+7Well with the crowd gathering outside the police station I think she would very much want 40 lashes because she is going to be decapitated.
  • SamMckay, on 11/26/2007, -15/+1The blacks win over the whites anyday if it hasn't anything to do with law, 'tis stupid.
  • ruddy, on 11/26/2007, -15/+3well duh, its friekn brittianstan
  • mal1964, on 11/26/2007, -2/+17They have the teddy bear in a secret location in fear he will killed and made in to a prayer rug.
    • artinreality, on 11/26/2007, -1/+1The bear is an Al Quada leader, according to an announcement just made by Bush.
  • ussoldier, on 11/26/2007, -6/+44Second choice name for the teddy bear was "*****".
    • cawpin, on 11/26/2007, -1/+15That is the funniest use of the word I've seen in a while. Well done, sir, well done.
  • Abdo375, on 11/26/2007, -1/+57WTF, I'm Muslim and it doesn't insult me a bit, Mohamed is just a name not a symbol of our prophet, I've meet a lot of Mohammed's in my life and some of them are quite the assholes, and I've never seen it as an insult.
  • iamsamed, on 11/26/2007, -0/+35Well, in Christianity, when someone names their kid Jesus - heyzoos, in Spanish - well, they, errr, well, nothing happens to them.
    • dudefather, on 11/26/2007, -1/+13thats becuase no-one ***** with The Jesus
    • Campog, on 11/27/2007, -1/+2I know at least three Latinos named Jesus. I don't see anyone lashing THEM.
  • TheDHC, on 11/26/2007, -1/+26Muhammad the teddy bear > Muhammad Atta

    which one is more damaging to Islam
  • Kitakaze, on 11/26/2007, -4/+11Primitive Screwheads. Primitive Screwheads.
  • dcbebop, on 11/26/2007, -23/+5Wow, does America really hate Arabs and Persians that much? This is getting out of hand.
    • TheDHC, on 11/26/2007, -0/+13this was in sudan
    • iamsamed, on 11/26/2007, -2/+19WRONG!
      America loves equality. ISLAM treats women as property and Africans as trash.
      The Arabs were the biggest African slave traders who ever existed. Why are there no black folks in Arabia? They killed them all.
    • diagonalfish, on 11/26/2007, -0/+10Uh... wait, what? It's the Arabs doing the hating here, and it's on the BBC website, not an American one.
      • blagoaw, on 11/27/2007, -0/+1The reactionary response was fueled by years of *****. Those "evil-doers" who "hate our freedom" have it out for us. We'd better do a "pre-emptive" strike to prevent those "crazy" Arab leaders from supporting "terrorists" and striking us with "weapons of mass destruction".
    • HarryBauzonia, on 11/26/2007, -1/+11We hate sick little ***** who flog women for naming teddy bears. Does that bother you?
    • blagoaw, on 11/27/2007, -1/+1No *****. Yay propaganda.
  • carbonetc, on 11/26/2007, -0/+13Muhammed Responds, Totally Pissed About Teddy Bear
  • Pinkertinkle, on 11/26/2007, -4/+31Fundamentalists are ***** retarded, be they Christian, Muslim or any other religion.
  • iamsamed, on 11/26/2007, -7/+1That's right! Christians can name their children after their profit and NOT get killed!!! I know may kids named JESUS!
    I guess Muslims are just too uptight to name their kids after their profit!
    • TheDHC, on 11/26/2007, -0/+6"prophet"

      Muhammad is the most popular name in the world
    • artinreality, on 11/26/2007, -2/+1Actually, you would go to jail for 12 years if you named a teddy bear Jesus.
  • 4eloBek, on 11/26/2007, -8/+3she was not smart in the first place to go to the hellhole that is Sudan or Africa in that case... and anyhow stop posting racial/religious spam
  • mwalker05, on 11/26/2007, -2/+13when you hear stories like this, it makes it easier to believe the threat of islamo-fascism
    • Iconoclast25, on 11/27/2007, -1/+5It wasn't at all hard in the first place. Just read the Koran and see the sort of belief system it represents.
  • iamsamed, on 11/26/2007, -2/+7It's time we destroyed primitive patriarchal societies. Extermination.
    • carpespasm, on 11/26/2007, -0/+2yeah, that worked out well for germany with the jews back in the 1940s....
  • mwalker05, on 11/26/2007, -0/+48FTA:"They came up with eight names including Abdullah, Hassan and Muhammad," Mr Boulos said, adding that she then had the children vote on a name.

    Twenty out of the 23 children chose Muhammad as their favourite name.

    i think the problem was that she was teaching democracy
  • mohammadsucks, on 11/26/2007, -4/+33This story comes off the heels of another recent digg story about a muslim gang-rape *victim* who was sentenced to 200 lashes for riding in a car with men.

    Backwards culture, horrid religion, savage people. Why anyone shows them any respect is beyond me.
    • iamsamed, on 11/26/2007, -4/+10What the *****! YOU ARE RIGHT!
      Why are you being "Dugg" down????
      This is a tragedy!
      Goddamn you Digg folks for trying to hide such human atrocites!!! Goddamn You!
    • mchugh22, on 11/27/2007, -0/+1most people die after 50 lashes.
  • crimson117, on 11/26/2007, -0/+9http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article18 ...

    "Muhammad is now second only to Jack as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain and is likely to rise to No 1 by [2008], a study by The Times has found."
    • marsbar, on 11/26/2007, -1/+0The way you report that statistic distorts reality a little. Really what's happening is that there is a high likelyhood of boys born to muslim parents will be called Muhammad, where as boys born to non muslim parents have names that are more widely distributed. Of all boys born in Britain the percentage of boys named Muhammad is probably quite small even though it is the most popular name. Britain is not about to be over run by people named Muhammad. However the alarming thing about this story is amazing lack of imagination and all round zealotry in the British Muslim population.
    • mrferg, on 11/27/2007, -0/+1Man, if everyone named their kids the way Muslims do the world would be full of Jesus', Buddhas, Thors, Zeus', Ganeshas, and Fonzies.
  • eyefone, on 11/26/2007, -18/+5Ron Paul, 911, iPhone, George Bush, Furbies.
    • TheDHC, on 11/26/2007, -1/+2you forgot about leopard, ubuntu, tasers, and george bush is an idiot
    • artinreality, on 11/26/2007, -2/+5That reminds me of the Family Guy rerun they played last night, where Louis becomes Mayor. Nobody listens to a single thing she says, and she is about to lose to election until she stands up and says "9-11" really loudly, and everyone gasps.

      "What are you going to do about the healthcare crisis?"
      "9-11"
      *GASP**
      "What about education? The environment?"
      "9-11"
      *BIGGER GASP*
  • iamsamed, on 11/26/2007, -7/+16ISLAM == WOMEN ARE SLAVES
    • counterplex, on 11/26/2007, -4/+6I love the smell of ignorance in the morning :)
      • liquidpele, on 11/26/2007, -2/+4Ignorance of those who follow any religion so literally you mean?
        Islam clearly states that women are not only worth less than a man (as does the old testimat in the bible), but it also implies women should basically be kept as sex slaves. If you read it, it's a violent man's wed dream. In fact , it states that Muhammad can marry any women he chooses (read that as ***** anyone he wants). Not that the Bible is any more believable, but the Koran is much more violent and horribly unfair towards women.
        Here is a english translation if you'd like:
        http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/quran/
      • mindy624, on 11/29/2007, -0/+1Why would anyone read a grossly annotated koran when they can look at the real thing.

        http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/koran/browse.html

        mindy
    • russ3, on 11/27/2007, -0/+3sign me up
  • Fallout911, on 11/26/2007, -22/+7I named a syphilitic dick Muhammad and the girl the vagina that infected it Allah.

    ***** ALL OF YOU RELIGIOUS *****.
  • Fallout911, on 11/26/2007, -22/+6I named a syphilitic dick Muhammad and the vagina that infected it Allah.

    ***** ALL OF YOU RELIGIOUS *****.
    • spawnfree, on 11/26/2007, -2/+1holy *****, they all just totally did.
      Nice one.
  • iamsamed, on 11/26/2007, -2/+0Goddamn you all!
    This is a human tragegy under the guise of "religion".

    Goddamn you!
    The human race deserves to be exterminated.
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